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44 minutes ago, timeEd32 said:

But it's a very Newcastle thing that even the best outgoing business we've done in the last few years is looking bad at the moment.

 

I'm expecting Karius to score the winner in the FA Cup Final at this point. 

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Stat nonces and transfer experts on here reckoned he was dogshit, we’d overpaid for him, getting our money back on him was the sale of the century and he would never score a top flight goal ever again 

 

Just shows that they knaa nowt

 

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1 hour ago, bobbydazzla said:

Stat nonces and transfer experts on here reckoned he was dogshit, we’d overpaid for him, getting our money back on him was the sale of the century and he would never score a top flight goal ever again 

 

Just shows that they knaa nowt

 

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Did you have working eyes between January 2022 and January 2023, Bobby?

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9 minutes ago, Pata said:

 

Did you have working eyes between January 2022 and January 2023, Bobby?


I did and I wasn’t sad to see him go, but just because someone fails to perform playing for NUFC and their stats aren’t worthy of a wank doesn’t mean the player is fundamentally dogshit 

 

 

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He seems like a great guy and I'm genuinely buzzing to see him playing regularly and scoring for another side, he wouldn't have got the minutes here. Other than when we play Forest I hope he keeps firing them in and has another few years at the top level, he's proven he can score at a good rate in some pretty limited sides.

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He's scoring at an unusually high rate yes, might be his best 9 game patch even. But lets not forget that he has scored atleast 10 goals in 5 different seasons before, including 14 last season. I'd say Wellbecks recent scoring form is more of an outlier.

 

 

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Doctor Zaius

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3 hours ago, J7 said:

No he didn’t. 

 

Cant even be arsed to argue as to whether Chris Wood looked any good for us like. I seen with my own eyes what he was like, backed up by his goal stats during and immediately before his time here, particularly in comparison to his previous seasons. Say you reckon the grass is green and someone will confidently assert that youre wrong on here. 

 

 

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Not sure but I assume Wilson was injured when we signed him and we needed a striker as Saint-Maximim was playing up front at the time.  He provided structure to the team in a way that Maxi was unable to.  He did the job he was required to do although the lack of goals was disappointing.

 

We also had a remarkable win rate when he played.

 

I don’t think we actively tried to sell him but when Forest came in for him, he wanted to leave.

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I don’t get why there has to be such a debate on ex-players all the time. Factually he was awful for us in front of goal - it’s not even debatable he was mostly useless. His work rate was great and tried hard for the team but frequently missed chances. 
 

He’s done absolutely brilliantly since he left and he’s one of those ex-players I’m chuffed about whenever I see he’s scored again. He gave his all of us but it just didn’t work out. 

 

 

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bobbydazzla

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Because we’re a fickle fanbase and a large percentage of our fans love slagging off our own players, either on here or at the match 

 

Wood never clicked for us and as a result he got slagged off when playing here and has been used an example of an awful signing who we wasted money on and we should have known better than to bring him in 
 

When in reality he’s a decent player who still knows how to score goals, it just didn’t work out for him here. Which will happen sometimes 

 

 

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There’s a difference between talking sensibly about somebody not playing well versus ripping someone to shreds and calling them worse than shite and a dogshit signing because they’re not playing well 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, The Butcher said:

Wood was a shite signing. Expensive and shite. The fact that we got a good fee for him and that he's doing well now doesn't change that.

 

He wasn't shite. He wasn't even expensive for a striker at 25m. Forest got a bargain at 17m or whatever.

 

So yes, it kind if does change it.

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12 minutes ago, The Butcher said:

Wood was a shite signing. Expensive and shite. The fact that we got a good fee for him and that he's doing well now doesn't change that.


Wonder if Chelsea fans say the same about Mo Salah 

 

It didn’t work out for Chris Wood here, shit happens 

 

NB. I’m not suggesting Chris Wood is as good as Mo Salah, before anyone kicks off and tells me I’m on glue 

 

 

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8 minutes ago, STM said:

 

He wasn't shite. He wasn't even expensive for a striker at 25m. Forest got a bargain at 17m or whatever.

 

So yes, it kind if does change it.

He was what we needed at the time providing a focal point and holding up the ball when he had none of that. Assuming Wilson had stayed fit even part of the time (I know:yao:) you'd say we let him go at the right time too once Isak was fit and up to speed. It was a successful transfer for us both in and out.

 

Lad gave his all every match and the usual suspects were particularly cunty about him regardless (best fans in th' wuuurld). It's great to see him making them look so stupid tbh.

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12 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

There’s a difference between talking sensibly about somebody not playing well versus ripping someone to shreds and calling them worse than shite and a dogshit signing because they’re not playing well 

 

 

 

 

There's a general habit of calling players shite even at other clubs that really irks me.

 

There's so much that goes into getting the best out of certain players. Most need a setup that benefits them. The exceptional players find a way no matter what, but those are rare.

 

You watch how isolated Isak can be in our setup sometimes and you understand why Wood struggled. Isak has still been great for us anyway because of his greater ability and talent.

 

The thing Wood really struggled with was holding the ball up in general play, or dropping into space and linking play when needed, which is required in our 4-3-3 because there's often no one playing off the striker.

 

At forest they play someone in the number 10 position which takes a lot of that responsibility off him, as he can just stay high up the pitch. I think he also benefits from playing with two wide men that are more traditional in looking to beat their man and whip a ball into the box.

 

He's showing he's got really good goal scoring instincts if the right conditions are put in place for him.

 

I don't think he would have ever showed the same for us with the way our system works.

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